Too much Vacation

October 1, 2008

Did not feel well this morning. Had stuffy nose and spent a lot of time in 'toilete', :D. Around noon I went to cafe and had a sandwitch, reminds me of a gyro but had more stuff in it. I then went to a coffee cafe that had internet access. Internet was really slow there, but I was able to check e-mail, tweets and plurk.

I went back to apartment and rested for awhile. All this walking is taking its toll on my legs. Shins hurt today. I stopped at a McDonalds for something to eat. Interesting how much it is just like McDonalds at home. I had a filet-o-fish. This McDonalds had Wi-Fi so got on did some searching about the problems I am having receiving sms on my blackberry.

I was walking to a shopping center when Mada called. I took taxi to meet her and Mariana at mall coffee shop. Then we went souvenir shopping. There was a kioske that had handmade and other Romanian souvenirs. Still want to find something for Larry, my grandson.

Traffic in Bucharest is 'interesting'. A lot of close drivingIt took 20 minutes to go about 2 miles. There does not seem to be much 'respect' for traffic laws either. Well, it was just very different than driving in Salt Lake City. I also find it interesting how much the American culture is moving in, McDonalds, KFC, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Mt Dew (yea), cell phones, tv, etc. One thing that has not happend here is the large mega stores, i.e. Walmart, Smiths Marketplace, CostCo, etc. The shopping mall I went to was very similar to shopping malls in US. The shopping mall did have a good sized grocery market in it.

For internet I most the time went to this small Internet cafe just around corner from my appartment in Bucharest, its on Kogalniceanu Avenue.

Oh, I did not take any pictures today.